So yeah, I'm shopping on ebay...

[katster]

I'm after a PS2, since I still can't quite afford a new one. And I keep coming across auctions that look like this one.

I'm pretty sure it's a scam, but I'm still trying to figure out how it works.

Comments

[ladycalliope.livejournal.com]

Just point your browser to http://giftedelectronics.com/

[buran.livejournal.com]

Simple: they're volunteering to send you a booklet with instructions in it on how to get a free PS2. They're not actually selling the PS2 console itself.

Who knows what's in the booklet? It's probably a pyramid scheme.

Try local computer gaming shops that have trade-in programs where you sell your old consoles for a credit toward new, or for cash. You can get a used one that way. And it's a lot more reliable than some auction on an item like this that is commonly used for scams.

Why pay to figure it out?

[falcon815.livejournal.com]

This particular seller lists their e-mail address, which logically leads to their website.

http://www.giftedelectronics.com/

Have a read - at least now you'll know. Thanks for posting this... I never bothered to check into these kind of things, and was rather curious myself.

Scam

[siliconshaman.livejournal.com]

It's a scam, try going to the website above, then carefully reading their terms of service document.

They sell you an Ebook, for which you give them your credit card number. If I read it right they don't garuntee you'll get it, but you'd still have to pay for it. They can send a new Ebook to you whenever they like, for which you have to pay.
[btw, nowhere does it say how much these are.]

It's a junk mail scheme, with a twist because you're paying for it. That's leaving aside the fact that these shysters have your CC number.

The Ebay auction is just a comeon.

I was wondering

[shmuelisms.livejournal.com]

how you would get a new PS2 these days anyway (thinking IBM stopped making them ages ago...), or what you would want it for anyway :-) until I followed the link. Sheesh me.

I know nothing of these ebay scams, but wanted to note that in your custom LJ style, you have URL links the same color as the regular text, making them harder to find.

I was wondering

[gunhed.livejournal.com]

I was wondering how you would get a new PS2 these days anyway (thinking IBM stopped making them ages ago...),
That's what I was thinking!